I'm assuming the new sign says "Pioneer Park" because there wasn't room for one that says "Pioneer Roadside Verge". I can't say I know what steel history pods are, but I'm glad they're "vandal proof". The last thing you want when you've taken the trouble — through the sheer goodness of your heart, not because there's any demonstrable need for it — to plough a bloody great road through a very small park, is for vandals to come in and wreck it all.

I fondly remember shopping at Gowings when I used to live in Sydney, so I'm very pleased that Gowings Bros. Investments has chipped in to partially fund this expensive elective park-ectomy operation. It appears the brothers Gowing consider the welfare of the Coffs Harbour community a vital part of their business. And they would never let a vital part of their business go bust, would they?

What? Have I missed something?

Excellent he-said-she-said reporting, by the way. A master class in the art of non-investigative journalism. It's like I was there in the room, yet curiously unable to ask a question, or subsequently fact-check or seek expert opinion. I take my hat off to you! Or at least I say I do. You don't need to confirm this.